Estimating the bias in meta analysis estimates based on fixed effect model for data with missing variability measures

A common drawback with meta analysis is when the variability measures, particularly the variances , are not reported, or “missing” in the individual study. Among the approaches adopted in handling this problem is through exclusion of the studies with missing variances. Alternatively, the missing s...

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Main Author: Nik Idris, Nik Ruzni
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
English
Published: 2012
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Online Access:http://irep.iium.edu.my/25596/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/25596/1/irie_2012_1212.pdf
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